Flower of the Day
I got two blooms on my Christmas cactus. The first flower closed up this morning and the second opened this afternoon.
By the time I remembered to grab my camera to take some pictures of what is probably the last flower for this year, it was late. Close to dark, really. A very dim light in an east facing doorway and I wondered if anything would come out. I could have turned on the lights, but that would have distorted the colors and I don’t like flash.
Not only do I need new glasses, but I was shooting in very low light and a bit too close for that light level. 
I’ll try to take some sharper pictures in the morning when the sun is still in the sky.
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Well Done and they look really good.
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It’s too dark to try and take more pictures, too. Pity. It’s a spectacular bloom! Oh well. Maybe tomorrow.
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I LOVE how they turned out. Spectacular to my eyes. I was going to say, very late for Christmas Cactus isn’t it? Although when I had one several years ago, it was want to do its own thing whenever, which was agreeable to me 🙂
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They bloom whenever the feel like. Most of them bloom in November and December, but they often bloom more frequently and when you don’t expect anything, suddenly, flowers. I like the unexpectedness.
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I loved that too. Unfortunately I don’t have room for plants or flowers here. So I enjoy yours that much more 🙂
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I don’t have a lot of room because this house is pretty dark. Whatever I grow has to be okay with getting very little sunlight.
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I love your front window. That is so special. The light the better I say! I’d have skylights in every room if I could (if the neighbours were too near) but you have a view that is so special, as in NOT neighbours. roflma love trees. The cow was a nice touch 🙂
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They really are quite lovely. They seem to bloom when nothing else has or does.
Leslie
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And mine are WAY off season, too.
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Our Christmas cactus has a mind of its own too. It continually surprises me.
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“Halee, who put the cactus rose on Tom’s grave?”
Jimmy Stewart as Ransom Stoddard in “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” (’62/Paramount)
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